Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1887-08-11
FOREIGN and DOMESTIC.
An Interesting Summary of the
important Occurrences OF
the Week.
A Budget Of News Cleaned From the
Latest Dispatches From Far
and Near.
ADVICES BY TELEGRAM.

-Advices from Washington areto the effect
I, at the 2G,0l13i acre OF land which had
been patented to the state of Iowa for the
Sioux City and St PAU Railroad company,
but were reconveyed TO the United Sta es in
January last by the governor will be thrown
open to entry The land Offices at Des Mones
have been dir cted to restore said lands to en-
try under the settlement laws of the Unto
States after thirty days pubic notice. Actual
settlers upon said lands will havea preference
right of entry and the claims of all parties will
receive due consideration.
The report comes from all over the coun-
try north of ST. Paul, and particularly in the
vicinity of Crookston Grafton, Grand Forks,
Warren and Larimore, at there is great
scarcity of harvest hands, and that probable
injury to the crops will follow unless suffi-
clent help is obtained at once Farmers are
Offering from SO 10 SO. SO per day
Tho arguments on a motion for new trial
in the cases of the Chicago boodlers sentenced
to the penitentiarY have been postponed unit
October 10 The seven men had altered their
purposes not to resign their offices, otherwise
they would have been granted no delay. Some
have already stepped out and others will quit
without further ado, go the threatened dead
lock and non assessment of taxes is avoided
Pending the arguments for a new trial the
seven boodlers, though saved for the time be-
ing from the penitcntlary, will remain con-
fined in the county Jail
Great excitement has been caused at
Janesv.lle, Mimi, by the clopcment of R,v
Dr. Seymour, pastor of the Methodist Epis-
of the editor of the A,yus. The lady has for
years been the organist and a leading member
of the church. She leaves husband and two
children, while Seymour deserts wife and
three children.
AT the Boston theatre tho other night
there was gathering of notable pugilists, the
90 aston being tho presentation to John l.
Sullivan of the golden b 1t inscribed 'Cham-
pion of Champions The house was jammed,
and nearly all the noted prize fighters OF tho
country were present. as also were Mayor
O'Brien and other city officials.
Applications received from the treasury
department to date for the prepayment Of in
Four per cents, 246s, $50; four and one half
per cents, s2,7l5 COO, and the Pacific railroad
bonds, sSo6, 900. Total, s5,269,25N.
M IS Clara Barton president of the Amer
lean National Association of the Red Cross,
and DR.. J. 3. Hubbell, general field gent and
secretary of the association, have been ap-
pointed by President Cleveland elegates to
represent the United States at the fourth in
ternational co lference of the Red Cross, to be
held at the court of the Grand Duke and
Duchess OF Baden, which ,tns at Carlsruhe,
Germany, on the 22d of next September
Capt. James B. Quinn, United States En-
gineer, in his annual report rocommen Is an
appropriation of $4,000 for expenditure dur
ing the next fl cal year upon the Missouri
river from Sioux City to Fort Be ,toa. He
Gays as far as navigation is ncerned he secs
no use in spending any great amount in i'm
proving the upper Missouri river, but the ex-
istence of practicable channel will, he
thinks, secure lower freight rates by rail- and
upon this theory he makes his recommenda-
ton
The West Clare Railway has been boy
cotted owing to the hatred of Traffic Manager
Sullivan. Placard, have been posted in the
vicinity of Dublin warning people not to
patronize the road until Sullivan is dismissed.
Persons who travel by this line, the p!acards
say, will be in danger OF being shot
Prof. Tyndal has written another scathing
article attacking Glads one. He says the
acts tend to verify the fact that Glad tone is
merely resonant ma K through which John
Morley blows over the Ian his fanatical rea-
son.